Butte County and the City of Chico are currently researching whether Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) could be a good opportunity for its communities. CCA is a program that allows cities, counties and other qualifying governmental entities to purchase and/or generate electricity for their residents and businesses.

How it Works

Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is a program that allows cities, counties and other qualifying governmental entities to purchase and/or generate electricity for their residents and businesses. If a local CCA is formed, it would purchase and/or generate electricity for customers and PG&E would continue to deliver the electricity and provide meter reading, billing, and maintenance services for CCA customers. The transition from PG&E to a CCA is seamless, and day-to-day, most customers will not notice any changes other than a CCA line item on their utility bill that replaces the PG&E electricity generation charges.

Give Us Input

Butte County and the City of Chico want to hear from the community on the potential of a CCA. There are still several ways to engage in this process:

Current Status

The feasibility study was presented to the Butte County Board of Supervisors and the Chico City Council.

Both the Board and the Council provided direction to staff to gather input from businesses and residents, and to continue feasibility research.

The topic will come back to the Butte County Board of Supervisors and the Chico City Council for discussion in the fall.

Why a CCA is Being Researched

While consideration of a CCA was included in the Butte County General Plan 2030, local business also brought the idea to the County and were interested in the concept of potential savings and development opportunities. The feasibility study showed several potential benefits for local electric customers. Specifically, the study showed that a CCA serving the City of Chico and unincorporated area of the County could provide a 2 percent savings to customers, with a total regional savings of $4 million. A CCA could also create additional programs to benefit local customers and community development